diff --git a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
index 9ab8555180a3a..8e14cea15f980 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
@@ -724,6 +724,10 @@ iscsi_sw_tcp_conn_bind(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session,
 		return -EEXIST;
 	}
 
+	err = -EINVAL;
+	if (!sk_is_tcp(sock->sk))
+		goto free_socket;
+
 	err = iscsi_conn_bind(cls_session, cls_conn, is_leading);
 	if (err)
 		goto free_socket;